THE STEREOTYPES – ‘CONTRACEPTION IS LEFT TO THE WOMAN’ (CASE)
Mr Â., now in his early 40s, used to have a wild time in the evenings after his rock concerts. Now he is a vigorous homemaker/house parent and his wife is the main wage earner. ‘I did not really like the nymphomaniacs, and after a bit I got to saying no.’ ‘Why?’ ‘It seemed that they all wanted babies, underneath. And even if you were using condoms they were pretending, and hoping to themselves that it was for real. They were lonely really. I did not want kids, but even without that risk they were behaving like babies themselves. Within a few days you couldn’t shake them off.’ ‘And you didn’t want to have to cope with that?’ the doctor asked, pausing before he continued. ‘Children are very important to you now.’ Mr. B. thought and replied, ‘I wish I could have them myself.’ As the doctor left, Mr. B. said, ‘We have been talking about another child, but perhaps it is too late now.’
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